Edelweiss is a Heidi-style alpine hideout in the middle of the town, with cosy timbered rooms featuring wild-flower-painted pine bed-heads.

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They looked down at the solitary flower bed, at the bright-colored seed packets marking the empty rows, each packet pierced with a stick.

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After collecting a nightcap in the Club Lounge, we contentedly returned to our corner suite, embellished with oil paintings, fresh flower arrangements, leather ottomans, a dramatic half-tester king bed and mirrored French armoires.

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